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Title: A car journey in 1963's great western country Post by: Btline on December 19, 2011, 22:58:41 Found this footage of a road trip from London to Bath via Reading, Theale, Newbury etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE82FZpq0qM&feature=related Best bit is a 1 minute in!!! ;D Title: Re: A car journey in 1963's great western country Post by: devon_metro on December 19, 2011, 23:53:12 Found this footage of a road trip from London to Bath via Reading, Theale, Newbury etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE82FZpq0qM&feature=related Best bit is a 1 minute in!!! ;D Outside lane BMW/Audi drivers existed in the 60s then ;D Title: Re: A car journey in 1963's great western country Post by: inspector_blakey on December 20, 2011, 15:16:56 As did pompous old farts who thought they were the only people capable of driving, going by the narration... ;)
Title: Re: A car journey in 1963's great western country Post by: Chafford1 on December 22, 2011, 19:29:45 For me, the interesting aspect of this video is not the commentary but the going back in time aspect - 48 years ago: different cars, road signs, fewer motorways, three lane 'suicide' main roads, unspoilt provincial towns, quaint shop fronts without garish signs - another world altogether!
Going back even further this video from 1939 is also interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm_Q7X_-2Ck This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |